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Jul 24

Jul 24 Weekly Digest #20: Plagiarism

After Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention, plagiarism has gotten a considerable amount of press this week. Stories like these hopefully serve as a reminder for students everywhere: understanding plagiarism is extremely ...

Jul 17

Jul 17 Weekly Digest #19: Meet Other Edu-Bloggers

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Researchers, For Parents, Digests

Last week in our digest, we blogged about blogging. The digest contained resources that we have found useful, and tips for blogging about education. One tip was to meet other edu-bloggers, and we linked to our Facebook group intended to create a community ...

Jul 10

Jul 10 Weekly Digest #18: How to Blog about Education

Learning Scientists

For Researchers, For Teachers, Digests

The Learning Scientists Blog has been active for 5 months. During this period, we have published 65 posts, including 16 guest posts by teachers, students, parents, and other researchers. When we started, we didn’t really know much about education blogging, ...

Jul 3

Jul 3 Weekly Digest #17: Sleeping and Learning

Learning Scientists

For Students, For Researchers, For Teachers, For Parents, Digests

In keeping with our recent theme of mental health, let us advise you to stop reading this and go have a nap. No, really. Sleep is one of the very best things that you can do for yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. And sadly it is frequently sacrificed in ...

Jun 26

Jun 26 Weekly Digest #16: On The Importance of Taking Breaks

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Researchers, Digests

The three of us learning scientists recently had a conversation about the summer and how much work academics and teachers should do over breaks. Sure, classes stop over the summer (or at least slow down for those of us in a college setting), but there’s ...

Jun 19

Jun 19 Weekly Digest #15: Working Out What Works - Highlights From researchED Maths & Science

Learning Scientists

For Teachers, For Researchers, Digests

One of us recently had the lucky opportunity to attend and present at a researchED conference – one of a series of conferences put on by a very engaged grassroots teacher organization. While Tom Bennett collects blogs and presentation slides to ...